The Import Options string consists of a series of semicolon-separated keywords that specify the behavior of the import. A typical example would be:
" Delimiter=comma; TextQualifier=singlequote;SkipExtraDelimiters=0"
This would set the delimiter character to a comma and the text qualifier character to the single-quote mark ( ' ).
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Option |
Action |
Default |
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Sheet |
Opens the specified sheet in an Excel workbook |
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Delimiter |
Character that separates data cell values. You can use more than one delimiter in the string. For example, " Delimiter=comma,%,tab" |
comma |
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TextQualifier |
Specifies the character that surrounds cells containing text. You can use more than one text qualifier in the string. For example, " TextQualifier=doublequote,~" |
doublequote |
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SkipExtraDelimiters |
Specifies whether multiple delimiters are treated as one delimiter. |
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EatWhiteSpace |
Removes extra space and tab characters preceding and following data |
0 |
Delimiter values:
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tab |
Enter the word "tab" |
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comma |
Enter the word "comma" |
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semicolon |
Enter the word "semicolon" |
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space |
Enter the word "space" |
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other |
Enter the delimiter character in the delimiter list. For example, if your file uses percent signs to delimit data add a " Delimiter=%" to the import options string. |
TextQualifier values:
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doublequote |
Enter the word " doublequote" |
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singlequote |
Enter the word " singlequote" |
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none |
Enter the word "none" |
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other |
Enter the text qualifier in the qualifier list. For example, if your file uses percent signs to qualify text add a " TextQualifier=%" to the import options string. |
SkipExtraDelimiters values:
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0 |
Skip extra delimiters in the data. For example 1,,2,,,3 would import into columns A, B, and C. |
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1 |
Do not skip extra delimiters in the data. For example 1,,2,,,3 would import into columns A, C, and F. |
EatWhiteSpace values:
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0 |
Do not skip extra space and tab characters in the data. For example " 1 2" would leave column A blank and would import values into columns B and C. |
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1 |
Skip extra space and tab characters in the data. For example " 1 2" would import into columns A and B. |